Keith, You're just a regular ray of sunshine here....
Points well taken though. The amperage associated with a lightning strike is truly phenomenal, although I fortunately have no firsthand experience. Jake Jake Brodersen C&C 35 Mk-III "Midnight Mistress" Hampton VA -----Original Message----- From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Morgenstern, Keith E CIV SEA 08 NR Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:30 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Isaac: Lightning on the hard I think if your "lightning rod" rig ever did get hit, you'd find that the heat from the bolt instantaneously melted the halyard to which it was tied.... Which would result in the how rig dropping 50 feet to your deck. Not sure how the deck would fair... Add to that injury the insult that the stuff that was dropping (the wood, the copper, the chain) was probably still on fire or certainly glowing red. Which may set the deck on fire or at least scar it... Unless it was a wire halyard. But the bolt may yet still melt the nicropress that forms the eye in the halyard..... Food for thought. -Keith _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
